Mr. Jerry Lee Pierce, 86, died Friday, March 11, 2022 at Oxford Health & Rehab in Oxford, MS. The family will hold a memorial service at a later date. Waller Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Jerry was born in Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri to the late, John Franklin and Dorothy Kramer Pierce. He met his wife, Violet Coffey Pierce in Florida, where he worked in the orange groves and trained horses. He enjoyed the great outdoors and fishing. Mr. Pierce spent his later years in Dalton, GA doing hotel maintenance and other odd jobs. While living in Dalton GA, he attended worship services at Freedom Tabernacle.
He is survived by a daughter, Lori Varner and her husband, Darrell, of Oxford, MS; a son, Clifford Pierce of Dahlonega, Georgia; two grandsons, Ray Sizemore of Oxford, MS and Dalton Sizemore of Raleigh, MS; three step grandchildren., Rebecca Varner of Oxford, MS, D.J. Varner and his wife, Laura, of Oxford, MS, and Ricky Varner and his wife, Samantha, of Oxford, MS; four step-great grandchildren, Rilyn Varner, Lilyan Varner, Paisley Varner and James Varner all of Oxford, MS; one sister, Ruth Pierce and two brothers, Oliver Joseph Pierce and Randy Pierce all of St. Louis, MO.
